[OKDXA] AF5Q-SK

[John Geiger]

Ron Grossman, AF5Q, passed away Sunday after a fairly brief illness.  Ron
was always a fixture in the OK QSO party, going mobile each year to
activate 15 or 20 OK counties. He also entered every ARRL or CQ contest,
and since he lived 2 miles south of me, we would tear up each others
receivers when on the same band.  The 10 meter contest sounded much too
quiet this past weekend without him on.  Ron was also seriously working on
5B DXCC and was getting close to 100 countries on 80 meters after recently
reaching the 100 mark on 40.

Ron was also responsible for many new hams in Oklahoma, as he had organized
and conducted dozens of Technician license courses in the Lawton area.  He
also maintained several repeaters, including the only 222mhz repeater in SW
Oklahoma.

Ron's service will be at Ft Sill National Cemetery at 11:00 Friday morning
graveside.  A visitation at Ritter- Gray funeral home will be on Thursday
from 6pm to 8pm.

John AF5CC